11:48 PM,
Mar. 5, 2013

Ball State's Jauwan Scaife (left) smiles as he looks to pass the ball Tuesday night at Western Michigan.

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Ball State basketball coach Billy Taylor bided his time with a bandaged team through a significant portion of Mid-American Conference play. The Cardinals played some games with as few as eight scholarship players as nagging injuries prevented them from playing the up-tempo style Taylor envisioned for this team.

But here in the past four weeks, the injury-riddled Cardinals have finally regained their health and with a nine-man rotation at his disposal, Taylor has transformed his team into one that pushes the ball and attacks effectively inside and out, a stark contrast from its ...